Search Results - "Lavraud, B."

Satellite Data‐Based 3‐D Simulation of Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability and Induced Magnetic Reconnection at the Earth's Magnetopause by Sisti, M., Faganello, M., Califano, F., Lavraud, B.

“…We present a 3‐D two‐fluid simulation using plasma parameters as measured by MMS on 8 September 2015 concerning the nonlinear development of the…”
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In Situ Measurements of the Variable Slow Solar Wind near Sector Boundaries by Sanchez-Diaz, E., Rouillard, A. P., Lavraud, B., Kilpua, E., Davies, J. A.

“…The release of density structures at the tip of the coronal helmet streamers, likely as a consequence of magnetic reconnection, contributes to the mass flux of…”
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Statistical study of magnetic cloud erosion by magnetic reconnection by Ruffenach, A., Lavraud, B., Farrugia, C. J., Démoulin, P., Dasso, S., Owens, M. J., Sauvaud, J.-A., Rouillard, A. P., Lynnyk, A., Foullon, C., Savani, N. P., Luhmann, J. G., Galvin, A. B.

“…Several recent studies suggest that magnetic reconnection is able to erode substantial amounts of the outer magnetic flux of interplanetary magnetic clouds…”
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The Temporal and Spatial Scales of Density Structures Released in the Slow Solar Wind During Solar Activity Maximum by Sanchez-Diaz, E., Rouillard, A. P., Davies, J. A., Lavraud, B., Pinto, R. F., Kilpua, E.

“…In a recent study, we took advantage of a highly tilted coronal neutral sheet to show that density structures, extending radially over several solar radii…”
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Universality of Lower Hybrid Waves at Earth's Magnetopause by Graham, D. B., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Norgren, C., Vaivads, A., André, M., Drake, J. F., Egedal, J., Zhou, M., Le Contel, O., Webster, J. M., Lavraud, B., Kacem, I., Génot, V., Jacquey, C., Rager, A. C., Gershman, D. J., Burch, J. L., Ergun, R. E.

“…Waves around the lower hybrid frequency are frequently observed at Earth's magnetopause and readily reach very large amplitudes. Determining the properties of…”
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Massive Multi‐Mission Statistical Study and Analytical Modeling of the Earth's Magnetopause: 2. Shape and Location by Nguyen, G., Aunai, N., Michotte de Welle, B., Jeandet, A., Lavraud, B., Fontaine, D.

“…The Earth magnetopause is the boundary between the magnetosphere and the shocked solar wind. Its location and shape are primarily determined by the properties…”
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Kelvin‐Helmholtz Waves and Magnetic Reconnection at the Earth's Magnetopause Under Southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field by Li, Tongkuai, Li, Wenya, Tang, Binbin, Khotyaintsev, Yuri. V., Graham, Daniel Bruce, Ardakani, Akhtar, Burch, J. L., Gershman, D. J., Lavraud, B., Russell, C. T., Lu, Quanming, Guo, Xiaocheng, Wang, Chi

“…We present Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations of a K‐H wave event under southward IMF conditions, accompanied by ongoing magnetic reconnection. The…”
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Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in the Transition Region of Quasi‐Parallel Shocks by Gingell, I., Schwartz, S. J., Eastwood, J. P., Burch, J. L, Ergun, R. E., Fuselier, S., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Lavraud, B., Lindqvist, P.‐A., Paterson, W. R., Phan, T. D., Russell, C. T., Stawarz, J. E., Strangeway, R. J., Torbert, R. B., Wilder, F.

“…Using observations of Earth's bow shock by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, we show for the first time that active magnetic reconnection is occurring at…”
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North‐South Asymmetric Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability and Induced Reconnection at the Earth's Magnetospheric Flanks by Fadanelli, S., Faganello, M., Califano, F., Cerri, S. S., Pegoraro, F., Lavraud, B.

“…We present a three‐dimensional study of the plasma dynamics at the flank magnetopause of the Earth's magnetosphere during mainly northward interplanetary…”
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Electron Crescent Distributions as a Manifestation of Diamagnetic Drift in an Electron-Scale Current Sheet: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations Using New 7.5 ms Fast Plasma Investigation Moments by Rager, A. C., Dorelli, J. C., Gershman, D. J., Uritskiy, V., Avanov, L. A., Torbert, R. B., Burch, J. L., Ergun, R. E., Egedal, J., Schiff, C., Shuster, J. R., Giles, B. L., Paterson, W. R., Pollock, C. J., Strangeway, R. J., Russell, C. T., Lavraud, B., Coffey, V. N., Saito, Y.

“…We report Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of electron pressure gradient electric fields near a magnetic reconnection diffusion region using a new…”
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Simulation of Plasmaspheric Plume Impact on Dayside Magnetic Reconnection by Dargent, J., Aunai, N., Lavraud, B., Toledo‐Redondo, S., Califano, F.

“…During periods of strong magnetic activity, cold dense plasma from the plasmasphere typically forms a plume extending toward the dayside magnetopause,…”
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Differential kinetic dynamics and heating of ions in the turbulent solar wind by Valentini, F, Perrone, D, Stabile, S, Pezzi, O, Servidio, S, Marco, R De, Marcucci, F, Bruno, R, Lavraud, B, Keyser, J De, Consolini, G, Brienza, D, Sorriso-Valvo, L, Retinò, A, Vaivads, A, Salatti, M, Veltri, P

“…The solar wind plasma is a fully ionized and turbulent gas ejected by the outer layers of the solar corona at very high speed, mainly composed by protons and…”
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Spacecraft Observations and Analytic Theory of Crescent-Shaped Electron Distributions in Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection by Egedal, J, Le, A, Daughton, W, Wetherton, B, Cassak, P A, Chen, L-J, Lavraud, B, Torbert, R B, Dorelli, J, Gershman, D J, Avanov, L A

“…Supported by a kinetic simulation, we derive an exclusion energy parameter E_{X} providing a lower kinetic energy bound for an electron to cross from one…”
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Massive Multi‐Mission Statistical Study and Analytical Modeling of the Earth's Magnetopause: 1. A Gradient Boosting Based Automatic Detection of Near‐Earth Regions by Nguyen, G., Aunai, N., Michotte de Welle, B., Jeandet, A., Lavraud, B., Fontaine, D.

“…We present an automatic classification method of the three near‐Earth regions, the magnetosphere, the magnetosheath and the solar wind from their in situ data…”
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Simulation of magnetic cloud erosion during propagation by Manchester IV, W. B., Kozyra, J. U., Lepri, S. T., Lavraud, B.

“…We examine a three‐dimensional (3‐D) numerical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation describing a very fast interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME)…”
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Stationarity of the Reconnection X‐Line at Earth's Magnetopause for Southward IMF by Fuselier, S. A., Trattner, K. J., Petrinec, S. M., Pritchard, K. R., Burch, J. L., Cassak, P. A., Giles, B. L., Lavraud, B., Strangeway, R. J.

“…When the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is southward and has a substantial Y component, reconnection at the magnetopause occurs at low latitudes. Under…”
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Solar Wind—Magnetosphere Coupling During Radial Interplanetary Magnetic Field Conditions: Simultaneous Multi‐Point Observations by Toledo‐Redondo , S., Hwang , K.‐J., Escoubet , C. P., Lavraud , B., Fornieles , J., Aunai , N., Fear , R. C., Dargent , J., Fu, H. S., Fuselier , S. A., Genestreti , K. J., Khotyaintsev , Yu V., Li, W. Y., Norgren , C., Phan , T. D.

“…In‐situ spacecraft missions are powerful assets to study processes that occur in space plasmas. One of their main limitations, however, is extrapolating such…”
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Multispacecraft observation of magnetic cloud erosion by magnetic reconnection during propagation by Ruffenach, A., Lavraud, B., Owens, M. J., Sauvaud, J.-A., Savani, N. P., Rouillard, A. P., Démoulin, P., Foullon, C., Opitz, A., Fedorov, A., Jacquey, C. J., Génot, V., Louarn, P., Luhmann, J. G., Russell, C. T., Farrugia, C. J., Galvin, A. B.

“…During propagation, Magnetic Clouds (MC) interact with their environment and, in particular, may reconnect with the solar wind around it, eroding away part of…”
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Magnetic field topology for northward IMF reconnection: Ion observations by Fuselier, S. A., Petrinec, S. M., Trattner, K. J., Lavraud, B.

“…Ion observations from the Cluster spacecraft are used to investigate magnetopause reconnection for northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) conditions…”
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MMS Observation of Asymmetric Reconnection Supported by 3‐D Electron Pressure Divergence by Genestreti, K. J., Varsani, A., Burch, J. L., Cassak, P. A., Torbert, R. B., Nakamura, R., Ergun, R. E., Phan, T.‐D., Toledo‐Redondo, S., Hesse, M., Wang, S., Giles, B. L., Russell, C. T., Vörös, Z., Hwang, K.‐J., Eastwood, J. P., Lavraud, B., Escoubet, C. P., Fear, R. C., Khotyaintsev, Y., Nakamura, T. K. M., Webster, J. M., Baumjohann, W.

“…We identify the electron diffusion region (EDR) of a guide field dayside reconnection site encountered by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission and…”
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